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Noun: boondoggle  'boon,dó-gul
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. Work of little or no value done merely to look busy
    "The committee meeting was just a boondoggle to justify their budget"
Verb: boondoggle  'boon,dó-gul
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. Do useless, wasteful, or trivial work
    "The committee boondoggled for months without producing any results"

Derived forms: boondoggles, boondoggling, boondoggled

Type of: dissipation, waste, wastefulness, work

Encyclopedia: Boondoggle